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The Clay County Quorum Court met with a light agenda for their monthly meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 20 at the Western District Courthouse in Corning at 7 p.m. Justices David Cagle and Neal “Poppy” Smith were not in attendance. With there being no new business to discuss, Judge Mike Patterson said, “We don’t have a lot on the agenda tonight and that’s kind of unusual, but the law requires that we have so many meetings a year and I’d just like to say that between the ice storm we had and the different temperatures we had in the roads, it’s been a very interesting few days.”

Longtime Rector chiropractor, Dr. Stephen Edwin Duncan, of Elizabeth, Ark., formerly of Rector, passed away Monday, Feb.

Piggott City Council met at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 22 at city hall with all members present. First on the agenda, James Magee, the executive director of Piggott Community Hospital, introduced Harry Hutchison the acting chief financial officer of PCH, who gave the Piggott Community Hospital audit. Hutchison informed those in attendance that the Piggott Hospital is one of the busiest critical access hospitals in Arkansas and is in the top two or three out of 29 hospitals.

Piggott FBLA observed FBLAWeek Feb. 12 through 16 with various activities but Wednesday, Feb.

The City of Rector will host the Ryan Rogers Memorial Cook-off and Supper on Saturday, Feb. 24, doors opening to the Rector Community Center at 6 p.m.

The MFA Oil Foundation has awarded a grant to the Piggott Public Library to assist with purchasing concrete for a handicap accessible parking lot. The MFA Oil Foundation provides support to nonprofit organizations that are working to improve communities where MFAOil has a significant concentration of members and employees.

When the audience knows all the songs and spontaneously sings along and claps in rhythm, it’s a great experience. That’s the comfort level Vicki Bishop created within the “intimate venue” at the Ford Room at the Rector Community Museum for Thursday’s Valentine concert. “I love this place. I like to see who I’m singing to – I like to keep an eye on you!” That’s the way the night began as she bantered with the “Good Guys,” her band, and with the friends-likefamily audience.